Observation by Steve Knight: Dobsonian M42 image

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Steve Knight

Observer

Steve Knight

Observed

2016 Nov 29 - 22:11

Uploaded

2016 Dec 04 - 22:21

Objects

The Orion Nebula (M42)

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 05^h35^m
Dec: -05°20'
Position angle: -53°40'

Field size

0°59' × 0°53'

Equipment

Skywatcher 8in Dobsonian
Canon 6D DSLR

Exposure

x64 0.5 sec exposure images (total 32 sec)

Location

Chipping Norton

Target name

M42

Title

Dobsonian M42 image

About this image

Dobsonians are not normally associated with imaging DSO's, this was an experiment. No tracking whatsoever, 0.5 sec was the longest exposure to prevent star trailing. moved Dob manually to keep it in field of view. Aligned and stacked images in Deep Sky Stacker. Processed in Pixinsight and Faststone.

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